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Immigrant Status and Period of Immigration (8) and Place of Birth (261) for the Immigrants and Non-permanent Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data
About this variable: Place of birth (261)
Definition
Place of birth of respondent
Part A - Plain language definition
Not applicable
Part B - Detailed definition
Refers to the province or territory where the respondent was born, for respondents who were born in Canada, or to the country where the respondent was born, for respondents born outside Canada.
Values
- Total - Place of birth of respondent
- Americas
- North America
- Greenland
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- United States of America
- Central America
- Belize
- Costa Rica
- El Salvador
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Mexico
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Caribbean and Bermuda
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda Footnote 18
- Aruba
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Bermuda
- Cayman Islands
- Cuba
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Grenada
- Guadeloupe
- Haiti
- Jamaica
- Martinique
- Montserrat
- Netherlands Antilles
- Puerto Rico
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Virgin Islands, British
- Virgin Islands, U.S.
- South America
- Argentina
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Chile
- Colombia
- Ecuador
- Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
- French Guiana
- Guyana
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Suriname
- Uruguay
- Venezuela Footnote 56
- Europe
- Western Europe
- Austria
- Belgium
- France
- Germany
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Monaco
- Netherlands
- Switzerland
- Eastern Europe
- Bulgaria
- Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, former Footnote 70
- Czech Republic
- Slovakia
- Czechoslovakia, n.o.s. Footnote 73
- Hungary
- Poland
- Romania
- USSR, former (European component) Footnote 77
- Baltic Republics, former Soviet
- Estonia
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Eastern Europe Republics, former Soviet
- Belarus
- Moldova, Republic of
- Russian Federation
- Ukraine
- USSR, n.o.s. Footnote 87
- Northern Europe
- Ireland (Eire)
- Scandinavia
- Denmark Footnote 91
- Finland
- Iceland
- Norway Footnote 94
- Sweden
- United Kingdom Footnote 96
- Southern Europe
- Albania
- Andorra
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Holy See (Vatican City)
- Italy
- Malta
- Portugal
- San Marino
- Spain
- Yugoslavia, former Footnote 108
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Croatia
- Macedonia Footnote 111
- Serbia and Montenegro
- Slovenia
- Yugoslavia, n.o.s. Footnote 114
- Africa
- Western Africa
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Cape Verde
- Côte d'Ivoire Footnote 120
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Liberia
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Saint Helena Footnote 130
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Togo
- Eastern Africa
- Burundi
- Comoros
- Djibouti
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Kenya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mauritius
- Mayotte
- Mozambique
- Réunion
- Rwanda
- Seychelles
- Somalia
- Tanzania, United Republic of
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
- Northern Africa
- Algeria
- Egypt
- Libya Footnote 157
- Morocco
- Sudan
- Tunisia
- Western Sahara
- Central Africa
- Angola
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the Footnote 167
- Congo, Republic of the
- Equatorial Guinea
- Gabon
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Southern Africa
- Botswana
- Lesotho
- Namibia
- South Africa, Republic of
- Swaziland
- Asia and the Middle East
- West Central Asia and the Middle East
- Afghanistan
- Cyprus
- Iran Footnote 182
- Middle East
- Bahrain
- Iraq
- Israel
- Jordan
- Kuwait
- Lebanon
- Oman
- Palestine/West Bank/Gaza Strip Footnote 191
- Qatar
- Saudi Arabia
- Syria Footnote 194
- United Arab Emirates
- Yemen
- Turkey
- USSR, former (Asian component) Footnote 198
- Central Asian Republics, former Soviet
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Tajikistan
- Turkmenistan
- Uzbekistan
- Transcaucasian Republics, former Soviet
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Georgia
- Eastern Asia
- China and special administrative regions
- China, People's Republic of
- Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region
- Macau, Special Administrative Region
- Japan
- Korea, North Footnote 215
- Korea, South Footnote 216
- Mongolia
- Taiwan
- Southeast Asia
- Brunei Darussalam
- Cambodia Footnote 221
- East Timor Footnote 222
- Indonesia
- Laos Footnote 224
- Malaysia
- Myanmar Footnote 226
- Philippines
- Singapore
- Thailand
- Viet Nam Footnote 230
- Southern Asia
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- India
- Maldives
- Nepal
- Pakistan
- Sri Lanka
- Oceania
- American Samoa
- Australia Footnote 241
- Cook Islands
- Fiji
- French Polynesia
- Guam
- Kiribati
- Marshall Islands
- Micronesia, Federated States of
- Nauru
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand Footnote 251
- Palau Footnote 252
- Papua New Guinea
- Pitcairn
- Samoa Footnote 255
- Solomon Islands
- Tonga
- Tuvalu
- Vanuatu
- Wallis and Futuna
- Other Footnote 261
Footnotes
- Footnote 18
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Formerly known as Antigua.
- Footnote 56
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The official name is the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
- Footnote 70
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In 1993, the Czech and Slovak Republic became two separate countries: the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
- Footnote 73
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The abbreviation 'n.o.s.' means 'not otherwise specified.' Includes persons who reported 'Czechoslovakia.' In 2006, the 2001 designation 'n.i.e.' ('not included elsewhere') was replaced with 'n.o.s.' to be consistent with the classifications used in other census variables.
- Footnote 77
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The Asian components of the former USSR are shown separately under the heading 'West Central Asia and the Middle East.'
- Footnote 87
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The abbreviation 'n.o.s.' means 'not otherwise specified.' Includes persons who reported 'USSR.' In 2006, the 2001 designation 'n.i.e.' ('not included elsewhere') was replaced with 'n.o.s.' to be consistent with the classifications used in other census variables.
- Footnote 91
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Includes Faroe Islands.
- Footnote 94
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Includes Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands.
- Footnote 96
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The official name is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- Footnote 108
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The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was formerly comprised of the six republics of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia. In 1991, Croatia and Slovenia declared their independence from Yugoslavia, followed by Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia in 1992. The remaining two republics of Serbia and Montenegro formed a new Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1992 and in 2003 became Serbia and Montenegro.
- Footnote 111
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The official name is the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- Footnote 114
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The abbreviation 'n.o.s.' means 'not otherwise specified.' Includes persons who reported 'Yugoslavia.'
- Footnote 120
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Also known as Ivory Coast.
- Footnote 130
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Also known as Saint Helena and Ascension.
- Footnote 157
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The official name is Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.
- Footnote 167
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Formerly known as Zaire.
- Footnote 182
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The official name is Islamic Republic of Iran.
- Footnote 191
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Palestine refers to pre-1948 British mandate Palestine. West Bank and Gaza Strip are the territories referred to in the Declaration of Principles, signed by Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1993. However, since responses to the census are self-reported, it is not clear that responses of 'Palestine,' 'Gaza Strip' or 'West Bank' were in reference to these territories as defined.
- Footnote 194
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The official name is Syrian Arab Republic.
- Footnote 198
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The European components of the former USSR are shown separately under the heading 'Eastern Europe.'
- Footnote 215
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The official name is the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
- Footnote 216
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The official name is the Republic of Korea.
- Footnote 221
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Formerly known as Kampuchea.
- Footnote 222
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Formerly part of Indonesia. The official name is the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste.
- Footnote 224
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The official name is the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
- Footnote 226
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Formerly known as Burma.
- Footnote 230
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The official name is the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
- Footnote 241
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Includes Norfolk Island.
- Footnote 251
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Includes Niue and Tokelau.
- Footnote 252
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Formerly known as Republic of Belau.
- Footnote 255
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Formerly known as Western Samoa.
- Footnote 261
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Includes a small number of immigrants who were born in Canada, as well as other places of birth not classified elsewhere.